Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/tlb: add tlb flush all factor for specificCPUs

[Andi Kleen]

> This seems a bit concerning from a forward compatibility point of view.
>   It would make more sense to assume that future processors would behave
> more like the most recent (Sandy Bridge in your case) unless there is
> evidence to the contrary.
This would not work on new Atoms, which inter mix model numbers.

In the past I did a hack in other software to check the cache sizes to 
distinguish the two
for unknown models It's not pretty however.

-Andi


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